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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

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Henson, son of the tropics, has proven through years, his ability to stand
tropical, temperate, and the fiercest stress of frigid, climate and exposure, while
on the other hand, it is well known that the inhabitants of the highest north,
tough and hardy as they are to the rigors of their own climate, succumb very
quickly to the vagaries of even a temperate climate. The question presents itself
at once: "Is it a difference in physical fiber, or in brain and will power, or is the
difference in the climatic conditions themselves?"
Again it is an interesting fact that in the final conquest of the "prize of the
centuries," not alone individuals, but races were represented. On that bitter
brilliant day in April, 1909, when the Stars and Stripes floated at the North Pole,
Caucasian, Ethiopian, and Mongolian stood side by side at the apex of the earth,
in the harmonious companionship resulting from hard work, exposure, danger,
and a common object.

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Series Title

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Call Number

809.8 MAT a

Publisher

New York : FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY., 1912

Collation

129 hlm,

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

EBook #20923

Classification

809.8

Content Type

text

Media Type

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Carrier Type

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Edition

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Subject(s)

A NEGRO EXPLORER

Specific Detail Info

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Statement of Responsibility

Matthew A. Henson

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